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Photo ©2013, Detroit Institute of Arts
Male Figure
(African)
- Date
- 19th Century
- Medium
- Carved steatite (soapstone), polychromed
- Dimensions
- 20 1/4 x 7 1/8 x 4 13/16 in. ( 51.4 x 18.1 x 12.2 cm)
- Department
- Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Credit
- Gift of Frederick K. Stearns
- Accession No.
- 90.1S14462
- Keywords
- carved, paint, polychromed, stone, ceremony, funerary
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